Friday, December 28, 2012


  1. Title: A juriconsult giving sexual advice
  2. Form: Illustration
  3. Text: Nefḥat ül-ezhār
  4. Label: This illustration depicts a mufti, having heard a complaint from a mother about her son-in-law’s inability to consummate his marriage to her daughter, giving sexual advice.

Heft-ḫvān


  1. Title: A king looking at a picture of his son and his tutor, who fell in love with him
  2. Form: Illustration
  3. Text: Heft-ḫvān

Sobḥet ül-ebkār


  1. Title: Two lovers spared from being beheaded due their loyalty for each other
  2. Form: Illustration
  3. Text: Sobḥet ül-ebkār

Nefḥat ül-ezhār


  1. Title: A sodomite disgraced
  2. Form: Illustration
  3. Text: Nefḥat ül-ezhār
  4. Label: This illustration depicts a sodomite being disgraced before a crowd by drums and a Turkish wind instrument (zurna).

Nefḥat ül-ezhār


  1. Title: Two men caught in bed together
  2. Form: Illustration
  3. Text: Nefḥat ül-ezhār